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Acacia Courtney, a 21-year-old Fordham University student, has an unusual extracurricular activity. It's not dancing ballet en pointe, though she knows how, or running her racehorse rescue organization, though she does that, too. On June 28, this busy college student from Hamden clinched the title of Miss Connecticut 2014 at the Garde Arts Center in New London, out of a field of 17 contenders. Next September she will vie for the 2015 title of Miss America in Atlantic City. Since winning the Miss Connecticut title, Courtney has been going full speed ahead, particularly with her personal platform, The Monday Campaigns. It's "a health initiative, but a fun one," she...

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